>Log colorizing

20Mar

>Do you ever look at log files? A lot? Then, like me, your brains could use a little help to easen the interpretation of all the letters and digits that are scrolling by. This is where a log colorizer helps.

I was looking for a log colorizer tool, but found it hard to find one using Google, until I found this article: Log colorizing on a Dreamhost account. Although it’s written for Dreamhost (a US service provider), the article seemed sufficiently generic for use on other *NIX systems (like my Apple).

Note: the PCRE version mentioned in the article is outdated. Just go the the tools’ website to check out which version is now the current stable release.